Lot 222
  • 222

David Davidovich Burliuk

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • David Davidovich Burliuk
  • Portrait of a Man
  • Signed Burliuk (lower left) and bearing the date 1910 (lower right)
  • Oil on canvasboard, with lead foil

  • 10 1/8 by 7 7/8 in.
  • 25.7 by 20 cm
  • Painted circa 1955.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Condition

In good condition. Two pieces of lead foil incorporated into surface (probably from the top of a wine bottle), one forming the the man's pipe, one in the background at left. A few small cracks to the surface in the thick impasto. (not examined under UV).
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